It Doesn’t Matter What Someone Thinks

How people perceive you. There’s a very real possibility I’m in the minority on this one. I believe that words only have power if you let them. If someone says something mean, or calls you a name, you can do two things. You can let it run off you like water off a ducks back, or you can hold onto it and let it eat you up from the inside out. You cannot control someone’s else’s action, but you can control your reaction. Is it as easy as it sounds? Absolutely not. You have to work on it every single day. But I promise you this, if you stop caring about what other people say about you, how they perceive you, what they think, you will be infinitely happier in life. If you go around fighting people on speech and try to force them to bend where you want them, you’re choosing to engage in a never ending war. Water off a ducks back. Remember that.

Taken from Growing Pains with Nicholas Flores #43 - Felicity Mindus

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